Peter Mandelson pay-off was about £70,000, documents will show First tranche of papers could cause embarrassment for Keir Starmer’s government

FT exclusive:

Lord Peter Mandelson received a severance payment of about £70,000 when he was sacked as Britain’s ambassador to Washington last year, a first wave of files relating to his appointment will show on Wednesday.

(but Mandelson demanded vastly higher payout)

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As Stephen Flynn said, why are the Labour Party sending internal memos saying that the people of Scotland don't matter? Flying in the face of the Claim of Right.

If the claim of right is a legal standing, why are we not challenging UK decisions based on this?

BBC News: Starmer said ministers can go against wishes of Welsh and Scottish governments in leaked memo

May I, on behalf of @theSNP and @Plaid_Cymru. thank you @Keir_Starmer for giving the colonies such a tremendous boost to our vote in May 26 Election. WM's Establishment, corrupt, immoral and incompetent.

Some questions needing answered: Does Anas Sarwar support the undermining of Devolution? Which areas of devolved power is the Prime Minister aiming to bypass, and under what constitutional authority?https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/10/labour-is-eating-itself/

Wow, what a perfect summary; I couldn't have said it any better….

Ivanka Trump’s Real Estate Brokers Found Guilty of Sex Trafficking — The Daily Beast The brothers were convicted of abusing women for years while building a real estate empire with powerful celebrity clients.

Ivanka Trump’s luxury real estate brokers the Alexander brothers were just convicted of sex trafficking after 11 victims testified they were drugged and assaulted for years.

The same “A Team” that moved mansions for many of the rich and famous.

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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England’s Pisa scores are based only on a tiny selective sample of higher achieving schools making Paul O’Kane’s sad desperate attempt to claim they are better than Scotland just another under-educate... Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Paul O’Kane Labour MSP and former head b…

England’s Pisa scores are based only on a tiny selective sample of higher achieving schools making Paul O’Kane’s sad desperate attempt to claim they are better than Scotland just another under-educated failure from Scottish Labour talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/03/09/e...

Born Free

Blair sleekitly brought in more and more privatisation to the then UK NHS starting back in 1997, it continued in successive govts, don't ever let Labour anywhere near our SNHS or it will go the same way as England's.
#LabourLiars
#ProtectSNHS💙💙💙

I don't think he'll give up his ermine to return to the commons- he's much too greedy. He might, of course, go to Reform as an advisor ££££🤔

It’s now almost 2 months since Nigel Farage was scheduled to appear on #bbclaurak as part of her Leaders Interview but pulled out due to being “under the weather”

He’s currently in America supporting a foreign president over his own country

Here's your first look at tomorrow's front page 📰

Tony Blair's 'secret' plan for NHS in Scotland 🥀

What a lying little weasel his finger prints are all over it. Time that was brought down and faced a judge like the rest of the thieving gits 😡

Millionaire Reform leader Malcolm Offord launches MSP bid by slating Glasgow Offord, a former Conservative member of the House of Lords, told an audience in Inverclyde that Glasgow "isn't as safe as it used to be".

Millionaire Malcolm Offord launched his bid to become an MSP for Greenock today by slagging off Glasgow.
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A case study in "Scottish" Tory Nepotism For the Tories, granting a privilege, monetary reward or other advantage for services rendered politically is commonplace.

Let’s look at Malcolm Offord and see how likely it is that his interests and those of working class possible Reform voters align! yes.servepics.com/a-case-study...

Teachers vote goes against strike action – leaders and media disappointed they can’t blame SNP so will waste their member fees by having another vote Yesterday BBC Scotland and the teachers union leaders were willing on the vote for a teachers’ strike ,then in the early afternoon today, they saw this: Workload Ballot Falls Foul of Soon-to-…

As BBC Scotland lie that EIS members had already voted 'overwhelmingly' to strike, the truth - Teachers vote goes against strike action - leaders and media disappointed they can't blame SNP so will waste their member fees by having another vote talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/16/t...

A Tale of Two Queen Elisabeth hospitals – stay away from the one in Norfolk A review into a hospital rated as the worst performing in England has found serious failings in its surgical care including a toxic culture that risks patient safety. Please Support Talking-up Scot…

As BBC Scotland headline parents to meet FM on hospital deaths - A Tale of Two Queen Elisabeth hospitals - stay away from the one in Norfolk talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/10/a...

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

Perhaps the President of the United States is not the President of the United States.

In January 2026, NHS Scotland’s Type 1 emergency departments treated an extra 21 000 patients within 4 hours, 30% more than NHS England would have managed, to reveal the gap is far greater than report... Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From Public Health Scotland – Accident a…

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Despite 1 320 more referrals, Scotland’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services hit 90% target for fifth time in a row but in media silence Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON The Child, adolescent, and psychological thera…

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Schrodinger's oil and gas

when Tories are arguing against Scottish independence, it's all gone and you can't rely on it for any future revenues

when Tories are arguing against UK green policies, it's a vital resource that should be exploited to the max

Isabel Oakeshott: anti-migration commentator, economic migrant to Dubai, possible future evacuee of the very British state she insists is broken.

Isn’t it funny how mobility becomes acceptable when it’s your own?

Humiliation for BBC Scotland as its own poll shows a Yes majority BBC Scotland has done one of its pre-election polls to tell us what Scotland “really thinks” as we go into the Scottish election in nine weeks time. On Tuesday, BBC Scotland unveiled it…

Humiliation for BBC Scotland as its own poll shows a Yes majority
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